Improvement in rein-holders



H. G. TYSON,

Rein-Haulers.

Patented Dec. 15,1874.

ENVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS TI'E GRAPHIC CO.FHOTO'LITH.39I 4-! MRI PLACE, NY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIon HENRY G. TYSON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN RElN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,772, dated December 15, 1874; application filed November 14, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Gr. TYSON, of Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Rein-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a plan view of my rein-holder. Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views of the same. Fig. 4 is a view of a modification of my rein-holder, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view thereof. Fig. 6 is an end View.

This invention has relation to means for holding reins out of the way of the tail of a horse when he is not traveling; and it consists in a holder which is slotted obliquely, so that when the reins are drawn through the slots they will be crimped and firmly held, as will be understood from the following description:

In the annexed drawings, Fig. 1, I have represented a rein-holder composed of three parallel bars springing from a vertical body, A, into the upper edge of which a screw, B, is fixed for securing the holder to the front bow of a vehicle, or at any other convenient and sufficiently elevated point about a vehicle. The space between the bars aa a a is obliquethat is to say, it inclines downward, owing to the opposite edges of these bars being beveled. The lower edges of the bars a a are also beveled, but the upper edges of the bars 0 c are flat, except at their outer extremities, where hooks d d are formed, which are directed upward for preventing lateral displacement of the re ns. The reins are applied to this holder of Fig. 1 by first passing them up through the slots between the bars a a 011 opposite sides of the body A, then carrying them forward through the slots between the bars a c. When the reins are thus applied they will he crimped and prevented from slipping by friction, and also by reason of the acute edges of the bars a holding them in their bite.

Figs. 4., 5, and 6 show a modification of the holder which I have above described, and consists of three bars, g, g, and g springing from a body, A, and having angular forms in cross-section. The two bars g and g are arranged below the bar 9, with slots or spaces between them, through which the reins are drawn. The hooked ends of the bars g prevent casual detachment of the reins from the holder.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A rein-holder composed of beveled bars a a and hooked bars 0, formed on a body, A, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY GRINNELL TYSON.

Witnesses:

AUGUSTUS WILsON, T. N. COOPER. 

